Latest Issue of “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (3/2013)
Recently, the May/June issue of the German law journal “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (
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Excessive English Costs Orders and Greek Public Policy
Dr. Apostolos Anthimos is attorney at law at the Thessaloniki Bar, Greece. He holds a Ph.D. in International Civil Litigation and is a visiting lecturer at the International Hellenic University. Two recent Court of Appeal rulings in Greece have demonstrated the significance of the public policy clause in international litigation and arbitration. Both judgments are […]
Regulation Nº 650/2012: Some Open Issues
The new Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession was published in the OJEU on 27 […]
Vacancies at the University of Freiburg
At the Department of Law of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), four vacancies have to be filled at the future chair for civil law, particularly conflict of laws and comparative law (designated chairholder: Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein), from April 1st, 2013 with legal research assistants (salary scale E 13 TV-L, personnel quota 50%) […]
BIICL Event: The UK’s Rejection of the New EU Regulation on International Successions
The EU has adopted a new Regulation on international successions (Regulation (EU) No 650/2012). In short, its main features are the following: It provides for court competence of the courts of the Member State in which the deceased had his habitual residence in the moment of death and declares the law of that Member State […]
C- 619/10: Art. 34 (1) and (2) Brussels I Regulation
One of the first cases to be addressed by the ECJ after the holiday will be the so-called Trade Agency, concerning grounds for refusing recognition and the power of the enforcing court to determine whether the application initiating proceedings had been served on the defendant in default, when service is accompanied by a certificate as […]
EU Regulation on Succession and Wills Published in the Official Journal
The EU regulation on succession (see our most recent post
Regulation on the Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters
In June 2011 the European Council adopted a Resolution entitled “Roadmap for strengthening the rights and protection of victims, in particular in criminal proceedings”, immediately published (OJ C 187, June 2011, 28th). I might of course be mistaken, but it seems to me that both the Resolution and its immediate consequences in the civil realm have […]
ERA Conference on Cross-Border Successions
On 22 and 23 November 2012 the Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a bilingual (English/German) conference in Trier on the new regulation on cross-border successions. The conference is set up for practitioners (lawyers, notaries, ministry officials) and academics. Key topics are: Scope of the instrument Jurisdiction and applicable law Recognition and enforcement of decisions […]
JHA Council (7-8 June 2012): EU Regulation on Successions and Wills Adopted – General Approach on Brussels I Recast – CESL
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of the EU, currently holding its meeting in Luxembourg (7-8 June), adopted today the successions regulation (Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European certificate of succession): see the Council’s